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It’s been more than 100 days since the Nov. 15 Show of Support parade float and train crash that caused the death of four military veterans and injured 14 people, and still the Midland Police Department has not publicly stated the official primary cause of the crash.

Photo shows Nov. 15, 2012 Show of Support parade float and Union Pacific train crash that caused the death of four military veterans and injured 14 people, Photo credit: James Durbin

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MIDLAND, Texas – - A preliminary report has been released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)  Weds., Dec. 6, that gives several details on the facts leading up to the fatal crash that that killed four veterans during a parade on Nov 15th.

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LONGVIEW, Texas — A semi truck that was crossing the railroad tracks on Private Road 2317 in Gregg County, Texas on Wednesday, Nov. 21, was hit by an oncoming Union Pacific train.

View from W Sabine St of a rail crossing on Private Road 2317 where a tractor trailer was involved in a Union Pacific train accident while crossing the tracks in Longview, TX on Nov. 21, 2012.

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MIDLAND, Texas — A Union Pacific train crashed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans and their families killing four servicemen two of whom saved their wives by pushing them to safety before they died.

Four veterans were killed in a horrific train accident in Midland, TX on November 16, 2012 when a float they were riding in was hit by a Union Pacific freight train while the float was crossing the tracks during a parade.

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FORT WORTH, TX. — Union Pacific railroad workers are being exposed to blazing temperatures at Union Pacific’s massive Davidson Yard located in Fort Worth, Texas being forced to deal with record summer temperatures in a rail yard that has been labeled the Fort Worth Death Valley.

Railroad workers in the Union Pacific Davidson Rail Yard in Fort Worth, TX experience blazing heat.

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CISCO, TX. — The media reported that 24 railcars from a Union Pacific train derailed from a rail bridge just west of Cisco, near Interstate 20 about 11:26 p.m. on Sunday, June 18.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, TX  –  A 47-year old worker at H & H Metals was critically injured this morning and is now battling for his life after being crushed between a rail car and a front loader. The incident occurred at H & H Iron and Metal in the 3700 block of Agnes Street.

Metals yard and derailed rail car in Corpus Christi, TX that pinned a worker to a front loader causing serious, life threatening injury on June 5, 2012. Photo credit: kztv10.com

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HUTCHINSON COUNTY, TEXAS 84TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT — Railroad injury lawyer, Gordon &amp Elias, LLP, represent a 23-year old railroad employee from Borger, Texas, who was performing his duties as a conductor while in the employment of Panhandle Northern Railroad, LLC., when he was caused to suffer physical injuries due to the negligence of Panhandle Northern Railroad, LLC.

Panhandle Northern Railroad, L.L.C is located in Borger, Texas

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PAXTON, TX – According to Sheriff Newton Johnson of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, a Union Pacific train derailed on Sunday morning, March 25 at approximately 8:51 a.m on Highway 84 in Paxton, Texas.

Rail tanker lays upside down in a ditch alongside the tracks that run next to Highway 84 after a Union Pacific train derailment in Paxton, TX on Sunday, March 25, 2012. Photo: Scott Flowers

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ARLINGTON TX – A Union Pacific train derailment in downtown Arlington TX caused some concern to fire officials and local businesses who had to be evacuated when it was discovered that the train contained hazardous materials.

Several Union Pacific rail cars lay askew after jumping the tracks in downtown Arlington TX on Friday afternoon, February 17, 2012. Photo credit: Ashley Bradley / The Shorthorn

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